Comments for Why do I need a default browser?

Comment from Robert H Mercer on 2009-09-28

2009-09-29T04:32:28Z

Personally I do not want to have any browser set as a default. I much prefer to right click, use copy link location and then open it in whichever browser I need at that time. Unfortunately when I installed IE8 I was unaware of Microsoft's shenanigans in making it the default......by default one may say! Now I cannot find any way to remove the error. Chalk another bad mark for MS!

There will always be (or should be) a default browser. Just fire up the browser you want to be default, and it'll either ask, or you can go do it's options and reset it as default.

29-Sep-2009

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Comment from Jon Davis on 2009-01-14

2009-01-14T20:18:38Z

On above it was interesting BUT I have a major problem. I have win 98 se and had Firefox and of course ie. I removed Firefox from the computor. Now on certain files up comes the box telling me it cannot be opened (even sometimes I am in IE) because it cannot locate Firefox. It says windows cannot find Firefox.exe. This program is needed for opening file of Type "URL" Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Do I have to reinstall Firefox or can I get rid of this problem another way?
Thank you

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Comment from Donna on 2007-07-15

2007-07-15T20:54:03Z

Leo,
This article is very close to my question. My default browser is Firefox. There are a few websites I use that need IE to work well.

I would like for my shortcuts to those sites to be linked to IE rather than Firefox. It seems that we should be able to create a different extension (sucn as .IE rather than .HTML) then define a default program (IE) to work with that extension. I do appreciate your tip of the Firefox extension to open in an IE tab. I will check that out.

The best I have come up with so far is to put (use IE) in the filename for the shortcuts that need IE.

I love your podcasts. This is my first browse around the website. Very nicely done. Thank you for all the help you give us.

Donna

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Comment from Paul Gallo on 2007-06-24

2007-06-24T15:59:31Z

In this article on default browsers, it would be a helpful addition, to mention how one sets/changes their default browser from one to another. thanks!

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Comment from Nelson on 2007-06-23

2007-06-23T13:34:59Z

Dear Leo,
The Firefox options and extensions are truly awesome and powerful. Maybe not Darth Vader awesome and powerful, but right on up there.
As far as the 'open with' discussion is concerned, you might add that if you save only the shortcut for whatever website to your desktop (or wherever you want it), the 'open with' option will not appear. For this to work, you will need to use the 'save as' or 'save page as' choices in your browser. Save the link on your desktop (or wherever you want it) and choose the method to use for the save. Your choices should be 'web page complete' or 'web page HTML only' or 'text' or 'all files'. Any of these will do the trick. Choose your preference. Once saved, your right click 'open with' should allow you to pick the program or browser of your choice. Experiment and find the method that works best for you.
What I've always wanted to do and have not been able to figure out is using that 'open with' choice for an HTML link within a document. I'm beginning to think it is not possible. I hope this information is helpful.
Pax,
Nelson

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